Franklin Davenport

Franklin Davenport (September 1755-27 July 1832) was a US Senator from New Jersey from 5 December 1798 to 3 March 1799, succeeding John Rutherfurd and preceding James Schureman, and a member of the US House of Representatives from NJ-5 from 4 March 1799 to 3 March 1801, preceding William Wright.

Biography
Franklin Davenport was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1755, the nephew of Benjamin Franklin. He studied law in Burlington, New Jersey, and  he became a lawyer in Gloucester City in 1776. During the American Revolutionary War, he served in the New Jersey militia, becoming a Major-General. He served in the General Assembly from 1786 to 1789, and he helped to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. After John Rutherfurd's resignation from the US Senate, Davenport was appointed to finish his term from 1798 to 1799. He then went on to serve in the US House of Representatives until 1801, and he died in 1832.